A B.Tech graduate, a PhD student and a hotel management diploma holder are all busy clocking miles as cabbies in the national capital and Mr. Sarabjeet Singh who drives an Uber X Maruti Wagon R cab is an engineering graduate has quit his job as a technical executive at an automobile showroom to hit the road, has stated that after deducting fuel and maintenance costs, he is left with around Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 50,000 a month.
Meanwhile Anand Subramanian the Director, Marketing Communications, at Ola Cabs has told that his company wants to promote entrepreneurship and of it more than 20 or 25% of our 33,000 drivers are professionals or students and the youth gets training and runs the cabs as their own business and they get help with loans and better interest rates.
Kamender from West Delhi, holds a hotel management diploma and works as a chef and he also drives his Suzuki Swift Dzire under Ola for extra cash and he wants to open his own restaurant in Delhi, his present income does not support him, so he has enlisted with Ola and he added that his wife is fully supportive and he earns close to Rs. 60,000 a month more than his current job.
On an average, the cabbies are asked to complete a minimum number of five trips, but this keeps changing and despite challenges, the incentive model provided by these start-ups is an attractive proposition for the educated class.
